The barrel device uses a fan to super-heat a wood or charcoal-fueled fire that swirls in a “vortex,” burning drugs at temperatures more than 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit, Pretzsch said.

A single burn barrel can send up as much or more dioxin than a full-scale municipal waste incinerator burning 200 tons of trash in a controlled setting, the MPCA spokesperson said.

Not far from the destruction wrought by 2018’s 400-acre Bear Fire, authorities arrested a Hartman Creek Road resident related to an unauthorized burn barrel authorities say spread out of cont… ...

The Bucks County commissioners adopted the county-wide, 30-day burn ban on Sunday, Oct. 27. The open burn ban includes: Open burning of any combustible material outdoors in either a burn barrel ...